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Top 20 Software Startup Investors in Costa Rica

Last updated: Aug 2024 A list of 20 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Software startups based in Costa rica. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Software companies from Costa rica. We update this investor list every month.

Top 20 Software Startup Investors in Costa Rica

Investor	Software Costa Rica investments
Carao Ventures	4
Collab+Currency	1
AU21 Capital	1
NDRC	1
devlabs	1
Matias Woloski	1
Cluster Capital	1
Lightspeed Venture Partners	1
Private Family Office	1
Imaginable Futures	1
BitScale	1
Dadneo	1
Epakon Capital	1
Metaverse Ventures	1
Felipe Villamarin	1
NFX	1
Fabian Gomez Gutierrez	1
Andres Bilbao	1
Roberto Souviron	1
NXTP Ventures	1

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They partner with startups (tech and non-tech) with the potential to grow quickly and sustainably. Their primary focus is on companies that are currently targeting a specific regional market with a real opportunity to expand to all of Latin America and globally. They are looking for the brightest technical founders and most devoted entrepreneurswith an emphasis in solid execution. Carao Ventures has an early stage startup program where one of their partners takes an active role in the startup through the next stage of company development, participating in relevant roles such as strategy, finance, marketing and others. Their partners and mentors have a committment to sharing their experience, technical knowledge and contacts to take startups to the next level. A co-working space conveniently located in the heart of the city provides a space and environment for startups and people looking to start a company to come hang out. A wealth of resources for entrepreneurs are continuously researched and put available to teams that are looking to to get their company into the best shape possible. They also assist established business groups or seasoned entrepreneurs in analyzing, developing and overseeing new ventures.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Enterprise Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
Costa Rica, United States, Chile

Portfolio highlights

WeKall — WeKall Cloud based corporate telephony service simplifies the operation to only one provider saving up to 60% of the monthly spend in telephony operation.
FinanEx — Flexible export financing for underserved agribusinesses.
aviva — Aviva is building an AI-powered digital bank for Latin America’s underserved communities. While determined to fuel Latin America’s ongoing emergence of a new middle class with a fully-fledged portfolio of inclusive financial services, Aviva’s initial go-to-market concentrates on unsecured credit products for individuals and nano-businesses inMexico.As most of the underbanked 40+ million Mexicans live in small and medium-sized towns, Aviva builds a bridge to those living in remote communities with its physical onboarding kiosks. These nano-branches provide a documentless 3-minute video onboarding for everyone in need of liquidity. Novel AI-based technology, including natural language processing, allows Aviva to match customers’ spoken word to the fields of a comprehensive real-time credit application. Transforming speech to text and inferring emotions and personality from the visual layer of the application video gives Aviva an edge in scoring thin-file customers. Leveraging these novel risk models, Aviva aims to provide the lowest interest rates available to today’s underserved.

Collab+Currency is a crypto-focused venture fund that backs early-stage projects developing the next generation of financial infrastructure, culture, and human organization.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Today — Today is a Web3 social simulation game, offering interactions with GenAI backed NPCs, and no-code tools for virtual world development.
Parallel — Parallel is a Sci-Fi Card Game based on the Ethereum blockchain. Parallel is an application that provides users with the opportunity to purchase, collect, and showcase digital blockchain collectibles.
Prime Intellect — Prime Intellect democratizes AI development at scale. Our platform makes it easy to find global compute resources and train state-of-the-art models through distributed training across clusters. Collectively own the resulting open AI innovations, from language models to scientific breakthroughs.

A fund dedicated to backing the most brilliant minds in the blockchain space

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nillion — The Secure Processing Layer of Web3
The Unfettered — The Unfettered is a blockchain PC game.
Cryption Network — Cryption Network is crypto company. Its can swap, farm, Invest and predict with cryption's unique and user-friendly DeFi 2.0 products. Bringing mass adoption to DeFi. PolyDEX is cryption's flagship product, which is completely gasless, instant, cross-chain AMM DEX with yield farming.

NDRC builds high-impact new ventures. By providing the people, time, space and investment needed at the earliest stages of dedicated commercialisation work, NDRC is creating companies worthy of commercial investment and with the ability to scale. The NDRC team has the breadth of knowledge and expertise in technology and markets. NDRC worksside-by-side with researchers, entrepreneurs and venture teams to turn great ideas into successful new ventures.By the end of 2014, NDRC’s portfolio of startup ventures had secured a cumulative €88m in follow-on investment from commercial investors, with a combined market capitalisation of approx. €220m.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nory AI — All of your restaurant operations managed in one platform, powered by AI. Tools that fuel better decision making and fatter profit margins.
Dataships — Dataships uses top level data privacy software to help your brand, no matter your location.
Ceartas DMCA — Ceartas is the leader in piracy protection for creators, brands & enterprise. Powered by AI, we have the highest removal rate in the industry

We target the global pipeline of outlier entrepreneurs building B2B digital companies that are currently undervalued and looking to grow by partnering with founder friendly investors that can help them reach more customers, build a better product and raise capital in a relatively short period of time.With Oakland, California as a base in SiliconValley, we currently invest via:- LatAm Seed Fund: Pre-Seed up to Series A startups, primarily in the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru) scaling up globally. Typically invest an initial 50-100k USD, then follow-on up to 500k from this fund.- Global Fund: Seed to Series B startups scaling across the Americas, Africa with more than 1MM in ARR.We are open to leading or joining rounds, co-investments, and follow-on syndicates (SPVs).

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Chile, Peru, Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

Cheetrack — Bringing AI to your sales process to close faster and automatically. Check our video https://youtu.be/PNacP44M-WQ
ComeS — With Supply Chain Software and Artificial Intelligence, we connect producers with bulk buyers to reduce their costs in sales and logistics, increase their sales revenue and make their products visible in new markets. We personalize the offer and achieve more conversions, obtain and manage data from stores and producers and generate an informationnetwork on available food.
Snap Compliance — We are a RegTech SaaS. We facilitate access to Anti-Money Laundering Monitoring, Operational Risk Management and Compliance Systems Management through a centralized and collaborative platform available to everyone, we seek to positively impact 100,000 companies by 2030.

Matias Woloski is the Co-Founder & serves as Chief Technology Officer of Auth0. Attended University of Buenos Aires.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Argentina, Spain, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Nuqlea — Nuqlea is a B2B digital platform for construction and habitat that integrates and digitizes its entire value chain and develops useful techonological solutions through its marketplace. With the purpose of transforming the industry, Nuqlea seeks to offer transparency, efficiency and traceability in terms of purchasing processes, costs and shipments.
Outdid — Verify identities with no storage, processing, or access of private personal information
Num Finance — Mint fully backed tokenized Real World Assets on-chain. Explore Stocks, Commodities and Fixed Income, with the highest security and compliance standards.

Cluster Capital is a global network of crypto investors, media influencers, and entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Internet, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Shadow War — Shadow War is a 5v5 competitive PvP action game for PC and Console. Fight online in a futuristic cyberpunk world
Gasp — Trade crypto without gas, front-running & MEV. L1 chain powered by Substrate. Start trading with Mangata X.
Metropolis World Ltd — Welcome to Metropolis, an ecosystem merging gamified commerce, RWAs, gaming, cutting-edge AI technology, and culture into a vibrant virtual hub where the boundaries between digital and physical realities blur.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, India, Israel

Portfolio highlights

MoeGo — MoeGo is the best all-in-one pet grooming software designed to automate & simplify your pet grooming business.
Contextual AI — Our contextual language models are built to be more customizable, scalable and trustable, while keeping your data safe.
Clutch Security — Clutch is a Universal Non-Human Identity Security Platform that offers complete security and control over NHIs across the entire enterprise.

Private Family Office

Investment focus

SaaS, FinTech, Software
Seed
Costa Rica

Portfolio highlights

Coinpay.cr — Coinpay is the leading blockchain marketplace with a Crypto Exchange and Traded Wallet solution in the region. It was founded in Costa Rica in 2016 and offers an Ecosystem of blockchain services such as Exchange, Cards, Money Remittance, Escrow services and OTC thanks to its on site development team.

Imaginable Futures is a global philanthropic investment firm driven by impact and the belief that learning is key to well-being and equitable, healthy systems.

Investment focus

Non Profit, Education, Communities
Grant, Seed, Series A
United States, Brazil, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

LIFT — LIFT is a national nonprofit that empowers families to break the cycle of poverty.
California Competes — California Competes is a nonpartisan policy and research organization for critical higher education and workforce issues
American Council on Education — The American Council on Education (ACE) is a membership organization that mobilizes the higher education community to shape effective public policy and foster innovative, high-quality practice.

BitScale invest in teams and solutions that bring transparency and efficiency to our world with cutting-edge technologies.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Cicada — Cicada | Institutional Credit Risk Management On Chain
Fluidity Money — Fluidity Money is the blockchain incentive platform that rewards with yields to people for using their crypto.
Thrive Protocol — Thrive Protocol's vision is to maximize value creation for all people and communities.

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Investment focus

Service Industry, E-Commerce, Marketplace
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
Chile, United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Slik — Slik es la plataforma para medir, analizar y accionar la Experiencia y Compromiso del Empleado en tiempo real.
Snap Compliance — We are a RegTech SaaS. We facilitate access to Anti-Money Laundering Monitoring, Operational Risk Management and Compliance Systems Management through a centralized and collaborative platform available to everyone, we seek to positively impact 100,000 companies by 2030.
Wheel the World — Explore with confidence using Wheel the World, your ultimate guide to accessible travel. Book now for top-rated hotels and unforgettable experiences tailored to your needs. Start your adventure today!

Epakon Capital is a high growth, early-stage (pre-seed to seed) venture capital fund investing in category-defining businesses across emerging markets. For founders, by founders.

Investment focus

Information Technology, FinTech, Blockchain
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
United States, Venezuela, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

NextUI — Beautiful, fast and modern React UI Library
UnshETH — unshETH is a decentralized, on-chain movement to use incentive engineering to preserve and protect the trustless, immutable, and censorship-resistant nature of Ethereum.
Reforged Labs — Generate and optimize video ad campaigns at superhuman speed.

Metaverse Ventures invests in companies that are building products and services for Decentraland and the decentralized metaverse.

Investment focus

Gaming, Software, Blockchain
Series A, Funding Round
Costa Rica

Portfolio highlights

Spectral — A Protocol For Programmable Creditworthiness
Decentral Games — We build games that reward you to play. Play, earn, and scale your own metaverse guild. ICE Poker beta is now live.

Felipe Villamarin is a Co-Founder at Rappi.

Investment focus

Internet, Recruiting, Human Resources
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Colombia, United States, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Bacu — Bacu provides restaurant technology and offer a comfort food concept.
Latú Seguros — We are a start-up focused on providing business insurance, on a mission to empower business owners to change the world.
Fidu — Fidu aims to develop a new operating system specifically for LatAm schools enabling institutions to digitally handle everything from finances to school-wide announcements

We are a VC firm investing in pre-seed and seed stage startups. We back exceptional Founders building market-transforming companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Mana.bio — Mana.bio is an AI based drug delivery startup, focusing on gene therapy including RNA and DNA-based therapeutics and vaccines
Gizmo — AI quizzes that help you learn and remember anything
Stoke Space — STOKE Space Technologies seamlessly connecting earth and space.

Founder & CEO of Frubana. Former Rappi Expansion Leader. Former McKinsey consultant.

Investment focus

Information Technology, B2B, Beauty
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica

Portfolio highlights

Wizzer — Wizzer is an AI-driven parenting copilot that provides guidance through highly personalized multi-modal conversations.
Fidu — Fidu aims to develop a new operating system specifically for LatAm schools enabling institutions to digitally handle everything from finances to school-wide announcements
Bia Energy — Bia Energy engages in energy marketing.

Andres Bilbao

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed
Brazil, Uruguay, Costa Rica

Portfolio highlights

DAOHQ — DAOHQ is the first marketplace for decentralized autonomous organizations.
Fidu — Fidu aims to develop a new operating system specifically for LatAm schools enabling institutions to digitally handle everything from finances to school-wide announcements
FLOKI Technologies — 1,536 Followers, 1,821 Following, 136 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from FLOKI Compras (@floki_compras)

Roberto Souviron is a Founder at Win Win Ventures. Roberto attended Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business.

Investment focus

Operating Systems, Financial Services
Seed
Costa Rica

Portfolio highlights

Fidu — Fidu aims to develop a new operating system specifically for LatAm schools enabling institutions to digitally handle everything from finances to school-wide announcements

Founded in 2011, NXTP was one of the early investors in B2B unicorns in Latin America, such as Nuvemshop, Mural, Auth0, Frete.com, and Betterfly. Based across offices in Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, and Argentina, NXTP invests checks ranging from $500,000 to $5 million in startups at pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages. NXTP principally supportsfounders in four B2B verticals: Cloud & SaaS, FinTech, E-Commerce Enablers, and B2B Marketplaces. The fund has backed more than 130 startups, raising over $2 billion in additional capital, and has co-invested alongside funds such as a16z, Greylock, Tiger Global, and Greenoaks. It boasts a portfolio of 6 unicorns and 32 exits. NXTP has a Latin American network not only to identify the region’s best entrepreneurs but also to help them expand their operations to other countries. NXTP's main goal is to help companies move to the next level, demonstrate a viable and scalable business, and be part of that growth process. NXTP has over 400 experts to assist companies in addressing operational challenges in different segments.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Mobile
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Argentina, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Vixtra — Vixtra is a fintech company that provides payment methods for foreign trade and B2B payment methods.
Spline — Spline is a free 3D design software with real-time collaboration to create web interactive experiences in the browser. Easy 3d modeling, animation, textures, and more.
Teachy — Teachy is a platform that doubles teachers time through artificial intelligence.

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